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sharps5090
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Joined: Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:54 pm Posts: 16 Location: Palmer, Alaska
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 Greasing a Backwater long Tail
Is there a grease fitting to grease the shaft on a Backwater Stomp Longtail?
I'm rebuilding my old MB with parts from BW and with the improved bearing system, I was thinking about doing away with greasing the shaft all together.
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Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:45 pm |
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KingPin(BFM)
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Joined: Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:06 am Posts: 65 Location: Lake Blackshear, GA
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 Re: Greasing a Backwater long Tail
on the bottom side of the main center tubing close to where the kit meets teh engine.
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Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:46 pm |
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sharps5090
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Joined: Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:54 pm Posts: 16 Location: Palmer, Alaska
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 Re: Greasing a Backwater long Tail
Thanks
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Mon Feb 23, 2015 2:09 pm |
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fireman1293
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Joined: Fri Dec 25, 2009 7:09 pm Posts: 102
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 Re: Greasing a Backwater long Tail
Does your MB have a center bushing? Most of the time the grease is in there to help take the whip out of the drive shaft, some companies put in a center of the shaft bronze bushing to do this so that the whole housing doesn't need to be full of grease. In colder climates the smaller long tails have trouble overcoming the frozen grease to start. Not a problem with higher HP engines.
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Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:56 pm |
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Honky Kong
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Joined: Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:41 pm Posts: 227 Location: Mankato, MN
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 Re: Greasing a Backwater long Tail
The grease zerk is just below the top bearings on the drive shaft tubing. Check out photos of their motors on their site. You can see them on there.
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Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:49 pm |
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FRANKtheTAU
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Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:30 pm Posts: 1386 Location: West TN
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 Re: Greasing a Backwater long Tail
The grease in the driveshaft housing of a Backwater is there solely to act as a suspension agent and prevent driveshaft slap. The Backwater bearings are sealed so they have their own lubrication.
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Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:15 pm |
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Kcpanages
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FRANKtheTAU
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Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:30 pm Posts: 1386 Location: West TN
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 Re: Greasing a Backwater long Tail
I'm not saying don't grease it. It just needs maybe 2 pumps of grease every 25 hours.
_________________ 40 Backwater SWOMP Lite / 1752 Alweld Mud
6.5 Backwater SWOMP Lite / 1440 PolarKraft
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Kcpanages
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FRANKtheTAU
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Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:30 pm Posts: 1386 Location: West TN
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 Re: Greasing a Backwater long Tail
Please show me where I said don't grease it. I said the grease acts as a suspension agent to prevent driveshaft slap.
I guess you have a person vendetta against Backwater. Which I find odd considering you've never actually owned one. I doubt very seriously the one that you did run was set up properly.
_________________ 40 Backwater SWOMP Lite / 1752 Alweld Mud
6.5 Backwater SWOMP Lite / 1440 PolarKraft
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Delta1389
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Joined: Mon Jun 03, 2013 8:24 pm Posts: 310 Location: Morgan City, LA
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KingPin(BFM)
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Joined: Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:06 am Posts: 65 Location: Lake Blackshear, GA
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_________________ GX690 on Backwater SWOMP, 1548 Weldbilt w/ tangled ropes {KCCO}
WHAT IS THIS SORCERY?!?!
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Kcpanages
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Honky Kong
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Joined: Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:41 pm Posts: 227 Location: Mankato, MN
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_________________ Backwater Swomp 23 / Lowe L1448M
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flint87
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Honky Kong
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_________________ Backwater Swomp 23 / Lowe L1448M
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flint87
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Kcpanages
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Kcpanages
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Trousertrout
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Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:18 pm Posts: 1060 Location: Ohio-The land of few ducks
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 Re: Greasing a Backwater long Tail
Sounds like someone likes the the taste of Coco's jizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 
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cb5331
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Joined: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:10 pm Posts: 16915 Location: Rowlett, TX
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They're all gonna have to share it with Giga.
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Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:09 pm |
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sharps5090
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Joined: Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:54 pm Posts: 16 Location: Palmer, Alaska
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